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"I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold."

"I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold."

John Dyer, American Poet

First, Interest

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"After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine."

"After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

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"We gave the show away and in return, we received a certain number of minutes per hour for the three-hour show that we could sell to Madison Avenue. One of the first sponsors was MGM Records."

"We gave the show away and in return, we received a certain number of minutes per hour for the three-hour show that we could sell to Madison Avenue. One of the first sponsors was MGM Records."

Casey Kasem, American Broadcaster

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"Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists."

"Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists."

Serge Lang, American Mathematician

First, Scientists

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"I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing."

"I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

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"I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things."

"I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

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"When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30."

"When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

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"That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one."

"That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one."

Pat Sajak, American Entertainer

First, Influence, Trouble, Trying

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"I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me."

"I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

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"I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

First, Old, Right

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"I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media."

"I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media."

Brenda Lee, American Musician

First, Media, Television

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"Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice."

"Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice."

Brandon Thomas, British Actor

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"After I did the first Die Hard I said I'd never do another, same after I did the second one and the third. The whole genre was running itself into the ground."

"After I did the first Die Hard I said I'd never do another, same after I did the second one and the third. The whole genre was running itself into the ground."

Bruce Willis, American Actor

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"I'm very into the first production of the show."

"I'm very into the first production of the show."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

First, Production

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"Manage yourself first and others will take your orders."

"Manage yourself first and others will take your orders."

David Seabury, American Psychologist

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"George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers."

"George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

First, Independence, Writers, Writing

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"I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends."

"I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends."

Josh Charles, American Actor

First, Friends, Now, Right

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"Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely."

"Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely."

Greg Egan, Australian Scientist

First, Publishing, Writers

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"Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You could easily argue that the writing is the key ingredient that makes 'Jeopardy!' so great."

"Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You could easily argue that the writing is the key ingredient that makes 'Jeopardy!' so great."

Randy West, American Entertainer

First, Key, Writers, Writing

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"They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!"

"They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!"

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

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"Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment."

"Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment."

Charles Sanders Peirce, American Philosopher

First, Judgment, Mind

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"My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years."

"My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

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"When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed."

"When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

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"East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door."

"East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door."

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

First, Name, World

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"Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was."

"Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was."

Judi Dench, English Actress

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"We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy."

"We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy."

Ralph Merkle, American Scientist

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"Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost."

"Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

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"This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order."

"This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order."

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

First, Laws, Leading, Order

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"You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one."

"You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one."

Keith Urban, American Musician

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"I didn't get at first put into a rehab facility; I got put in a adolescent psychiatric unit for my detox."

"I didn't get at first put into a rehab facility; I got put in a adolescent psychiatric unit for my detox."

Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity

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"He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke."

"He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

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"My first album came out in 1979."

"My first album came out in 1979."

Teena Marie, American Musician

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"Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous."

"Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

First, Friends, Gay, Obvious

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"It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart."

"It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart."

Guy Clark, American Musician

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"If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all."

"If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all."

Archer J. P. Martin, American Chemist

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"I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley."

"I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley."

Dick York, American Actor

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"Everything I do now is a first."

"Everything I do now is a first."

Hailee Steinfeld, American Actress

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"I had gotten one of the first Korg synthesizers with 300 presets."

"I had gotten one of the first Korg synthesizers with 300 presets."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

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"The first cut is the deepest."

"The first cut is the deepest."

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

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"Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too."

"Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too."

Sam Waterston, American Actor

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"The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced."

"The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced."

Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor

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"To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right."

"To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

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"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

Judy Garland, American Actress

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"We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just out of technique, or else it becomes perfectly evident that it is nothing but technique that you're exercising."

"We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just out of technique, or else it becomes perfectly evident that it is nothing but technique that you're exercising."

Leo Ornstein, American Composer

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"One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension."

"One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension."

Johnny Rivers, American Musician

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"I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit."

"I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

First, Sound, Trying

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"I first began to dry specimens for preservation carelessly perhaps at first, but before the season was over, I had collected between one and two hundred species."

"I first began to dry specimens for preservation carelessly perhaps at first, but before the season was over, I had collected between one and two hundred species."

George Bentham, English Scientist

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"A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation."

"A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

First, Navigation, Today

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"I always begin to compose the melody first."

"I always begin to compose the melody first."

Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese Composer

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"Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?"

"Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?"

Asa Gray, American Scientist

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